"90percentt of dads who suffered football-related concussions want their children to play tackle football; 43 percent of football player dads say there's too much hype over concussions," the research showed.
The two-game road swing here and at Pittsburgh was designated Dad's Weekend and most of the players' dads were along for the trip.
Former journalist, weekend kickball player, suburban dad, never missed a day of work or a misspelled word or a subordinate's birthday.
To put it another way, while the mom space is crowded with players, the dad space has room for more.
Canessa says he can get just as much creativity from hungry, smart designers on low budgets and can reach infrequent players like dads, antiviolence moms and younger kids.
All the players from my dad's generation, world-class players of the 1960's and 1970's, are giving back to the young players.
At Blackpool I've established myself as a player before my dad had arrived.
It's been a natural, if dramatic, transition from international player to London dad.
I was at university and I wanted a MiniDisc player but my dad insisted that the iPod was the future.
Mother Judy was, of course, an international tennis player, but their dad, Willie, was a junior footballer, a fiercely combative form of the beautiful game.
